Polishing up a tarnished trophy
The arrest and indictment of FIFA officials may be a turning-point for football’s scandal-hit governing body
SPORT is riddled with graft, from the bungs given to officials who help hand tournaments to undeserving countries, to the betting syndicates that rake in ill-gotten gains from match-fixing with help from unscrupulous players. Football’s world governing body, FIFA, more than any other sports organisation, has become a global symbol of this pervasive corruption.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Polishing up a tarnished trophy”
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